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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK, Feb. 26, 2012 – Virtually everything about Boko Haram is contested – including the reasons for its radicalisation after some seven years of being a peaceful group, whether all the atrocities said to be perpetrated by the sect were indeed carried out by it and who its sponsors are. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
By Dr. Leoanrd K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Feb. 26, 2012 – There are facts that only a few Nigerians can either ignore or dispute. Fact number 1: Not all ethnic nationalities are represented either at the state or national level. And there are some ethnic nationalities that have no elected or selected representatives at […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Friday, February 24th, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria, Feb. 24, 2012 – One boasts only about things proper to boast about; whoever heard of the boast, “By this time yesterday I had given my parent-in-law the beating of his life.”? The Federal Government has constituted a National Refineries Task Force, headed by a former finance minister and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raymond Belleh, Sports
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
By Raymond Belleh, NNP, Feb. 21, 2012 – What a conclusion to the Africa Cup of Nations! What a final! Against all odds some might think, the Chipolopos of Zambia are the new football champions of Africa. A first Africa Cup of Nations trophy for them, a memorable final for the rest of us. This […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists
Monday, February 20th, 2012
By Professor Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Abuja, Nigeria, Feb. 20, 2012 – During the ill-conceived deregulation fiasco in Nigeria, a new English word came into regular use. The word “palliatives” gained currency as a password to future prosperity. Palliatives are tokenism in content and cannot add value to a transformation process. It was and remains a […]
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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists, Senate
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, Feb. 20, 2012 – There are facts that only a few Nigerians, against the unrelenting witness of their conscience, can either ignore or dispute: Fact number 1: Not all ethnic nationalities are represented either at the state level or national level. And there are some ethnic nationalities that have […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Monday, February 20th, 2012
By Raheem Oluwafunminiy, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria, Feb. 20, 2012 – The sentencing to life imprisonment of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab have continued to generate serious comments, opinions and criticisms from around the world, most especially because of its terrorist colouration. It is not the first time the so called terrorist act or terrorism had been planned […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Reuben Abati
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Some commentators have raised a hue and cry over President Goodluck Jonathan’s reference to “the throwing of stones” during the presentation of the PDP flag to the then PDP Gubernatorial candidate, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson and his then running mate Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd.) in Bayelsa. These include, among others, Ayodele Akinkuotu, “He who […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
By Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP, Feb. 14, 2012 – I have a story to tell you. Wait! It’s no fairytales; it’s not like we have it in several books of fiction. This is real: it’s the story of a group of people. Amongst them are my brothers, my neighbors, and those who have certified themselves as […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, Feb. 14, 2012 – Not much of good can be attached to Nigeria; yet, not yet the worst can be related to her. Let me talk about her people. For whom do I write? I think I write on behalf of the millions of Nigerians without either a voice […]
